Is it possible to prototype right away in Android Studio?

Question

Android

The question arose - why use various services and prototyping tools, when you can teach the designer to throw a layout in the new Android studio, the second step is to give the programmer a task to make a dynamic apk prototype out of this so that the client can click the transitions directly to android, what problems can be with this approach? Has anyone had experience with similar things?

Answer 1

When I saw the new studio, I thought about it too. At first glance, everything looks so simple there. But as a designer, I need to see not just one screen, but a canvas of screens and the ability to quickly change something on them. In addition, no matter what editor I work in: sketch or photoshop, I always install plugins that simplify my work and expand the capabilities of the program. Also, the editors themselves have some unique little features that I use a lot.
The studio will not be able to offer all the same features that are in sketch or even in the simplest figma and Adobe XD, but perhaps thanks to the current new features, it will be easier for developers to redraw screens from the designer.
In the future, I really want the designer to be able to continue the work of the developer without redrawing his layouts. I see such a tool in the field of cross-platform applications that are made using web technologies such as ionic, react, cordova, etc.